I have been more challenged of recent. I have come to the decision I need to give up an art fair in the woods for 5 days in the summer that I have vended at for 41 years. It is dusty there and the walks are long. It's a ways just to get to the car. I am …

I am brand new to this list and so excited I found it! I've been taking care of my mom who is going to be 95 this August (god willing...).&nbsp; Mom is&nbsp; obviously frustrated with her oxygen line everywhere and I am worried she'll fall …

I have problems with tachycardia and high blood pressure. My doctor put me on atenolol. I find that the drug makes me wheeze and it’s hard to breathe. For that reason I don’t take it like I should.As I tell my doctors when they ask why I’m not taking the …

Also bear in mind that EVERYONE is on a timeline from the second they're born until the end. Perfectly healthy people get run over by buses every day. Forget about the timeline and spend the rest of your life living, not waiting to die. My three cents' …

This is a really tough question in that there are a lot of variables. First (at least in the case of home fill units) different manufacturers build them to be filled to different pressures which would make higher presser cylinders last longer. The other …

Interesting question but I think the answer hinges on one thing...ATTITUDE! I have been dealing with this for 17 years now. When first diagnosed, I pretty much went over the deep end; I started with depression and extreme sadness. Given 6 years to live, …

I smoked for 20+ years, even through my bout with Sarcoidosis and Whipples disease, because I thought I was going to die anyway. I didn't. I quit in 1994 and was diagnosed in 2004. Like Kandy, that was when I was a officially diagnosed and put on O2. I …

I was told that I have COPD back in August. Dr put me on Spiriva, told to start Rehab. I was already put on albuterol a couple of years earlier. He also told me that I should think about quitting smoking. He didn't make it seem like it was really …

One of the difficulties I have with severe COPD is becoming very short of breath when taking a shower and toweling off due to both the humid air and the activity of drying off with a towel. I went on-line and ordered a heavy terrycloth long robe with a …

I had the flu in December and have not stopped coughing. I had a sinus and tear duct surgery on 3/8 with general anesthesia. I came out of anesthesia and needed two neb treatments to get my oxygen higher. The following day I went to urgent care and they …

Hey friends, I have been in the ER twice this week with severe exacerbation due to my office building being painted. :-( They are relocating my office to a different building now (Yey!) but I have a question. In the ER on Thursday, I had a Chest X-Ray, …

There has been much written lately about the possibilities of repairing damaged lungs through the use of stem cells. This is a subject of great importance to the COPD/lung disease community. At this point, the only proven cure for chronic, progressive …

I'm not sure how many of you are aware of this, but many utility companies around the country offer discounts to those needing electric-powered medical equipment in the home. For example, I live in Palm Springs, California where it gets very hot in the …

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR COPD360 SOCIAL MEMBERS Re: Growing Pains We now live in a digital world. While that world offers us an amazing ability to speak and interact with others all over the world, it also offers some challenges. When we introduced …

Many of us got to where we are today from smoking cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. Young people today (especially medical professionals) simply don't understand how, given the potential for tobacco-related illnesses, we started smoking to begin with. What …

This is an old post that was in our Ideas section that is very much relevant today: The results of a quick and dirty research project on stem cell research studies..... If I Google "stem cell clinical trials", I get several hundred thousand results... So …

This past week I had the privilege to participate in 2 group meetings of folks who are living with COPD. Something that came up both times was how exhausting it is to prepare meals.They talked about how they often times will just grab something not very …

It has been suggested by the suppliers of my oxygen supplies that non-invasive ventilation therapy might help relieve my breathing difficulties. The way it was explained to me, it is a machine that I can use for a treatment and it will free up my …

My mother is 76yrs old an has stage 4 Copd. She also has diabetes an rheumatoid arthritis. Her weight has dropped down to 95lbs. Drs just told us xray showed she has pnumenia now. My question is she keeps getting shortness of breath every hour just …

Recently asked a question about use of POC when travellingand passing through TSA security within airports in the United States. Manyusers who travel extensively with a POC in U.S. responded and the information wasso valuable. FAA certifying POCs for air …

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